Section 605: Power to exempt ships from the provisions of the Ordinance.––Notwithstanding — Pakistan Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 2001

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605. Power to exempt ships from the provisions of the Ordinance.––Notwithstanding anything contained in this Ordinance, the Federal Government may, upon such conditions. if any, as it may think fit to impose, exempt any ship from any specified requirement contained in, or prescribed in pursuance of, this Ordinance, or dispense with the observance of any such requirement in the case of any ship, if it is satisfied that, that requirement has been substantially complied with or that compliance with the requirement is unnecessary in the circumstances of the case.

Effective date: 2001-01-01

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